Haley visits religious places in city, prepares rotis for langar
team examined the CCTV system installed at Mr Kejriwal’s official residence in Civil Lines area and seized the hard disk connected to the system for investigation.
The Delhi police expected to file chargesheet in the is a case A day after she said freedom of religion was as important as freedom of people, Nikki Haley, the US envoy to the United Nations, visited a temple, mosque, gurdwara, and church in the national capital on Thursday.
On her first visit to India after becoming the US envoy to UN, Ms Haley visited the Gauri Shankar Mandir, Jama Masjid, Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib, and the Central Baptist Church in the morning.
Ms Haley, who is a daughter of Sikh immigrants from Punjab, also prepared rotis for langar at the gurdwara. The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee ( DSGMC) took up with Ms Haley the issue of 52 Indians, mostly Sikhs, being held at a detention centre in the US state of Oregon for being part of a large contingent of illegal immigrants seeking asylum there.
BJP legislator and DSGMC general secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa interacted with Ms Haley while she was visiting the gurudwara along with Kenneth Juster, the US ambassador to India. The BJP legislator posted a series of tweets about his meeting with Ms Haley. soon.
“We are at an advanced stage of investigation and the chargesheet is being prepared,” the officer said without elaborating.
Mr Prakash was allegedly attacked during a meeting at Mr Kejriwal’s official residence on February 19. The police said Mr Kejriwal was present when the attack took place.
It has questioned Mr Kejriwal, Mr Sisodia, and 11 AAP lawmakers present at the meeting. Mr Kejriwal’s former advisor, VK Jain, was also present there.
Two AAP legislators, Amantullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal, were arrested in the case. Mr Jain was questioned by the police. The alleged attack on Mr Prakash had triggered a bitter tussle between the Delhi government and its bureaucrats. The government had accused IAS officers, who had protested the alleged attack on Mr Prakash, of boycotting meetings with Delhi ministers. However, the IAS officers have denied the accusation.
The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee took up with Ms Haley the issue of 52 Indians, mostly Sikhs, being held at a detention centre
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“We are humbled to have @ nikkihaley Ji and @ USAmbIndia paying obeisance at Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahab. We requested Nikki Ji to address the problem of 52 Indians detained in Oregon Jail. @ nikkihaley Ji immediately took note and discussed it with @ USAmbIndia to resolve the issue. We will be meeting Mr Ken Juster soon to discuss the matter in detail,” he tweeted.
Ms Haley, on Wednesday, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed ways to enhance India- US cooperation in various fields, including counter- terrorism. She also met external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and discussed ways to deepen the Indo- US strategic partnership and the ongoing cooperation between the two countries at the UN.